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Date: 15 Dec 94 09:16:00 Z
From: ESCHN705 AT n8402 DOT bs DOT ptb DOT de
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: formatted input


Hello,

my question is not djgpp-specific (sorry), but maybe some of you knows:

I used to scan strings, e.g. " ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION, FI" = 5.0 ",
by sscanf(ls,"%*[A-Z,2 ]%*[= ]%f",&t);
where ls is the string and t should be 5.0. Everything was fine until I had to
run this with C SET++, where the short [A-Z,2 ] must be replaced with a
longer enumeration of possible characters.

The C Programmer's Handbook tells me the shorter form should work ?!
Who's right?

Sorry again for bandwidth, but this mailing list is my only window into the
shine world of C-programming.

Thomas.